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Pennsylvania logistics company acquires trucking, warehouse competitors

Freight Waves

Milton, Pennsylvania-based logistics company Patton Logistics Group has announced it will purchase Milton Transportation and Warehousing and its sister company, BTR Inc. Patton Logistics Group provides freight transportation, warehousing and logistics services across North America.

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Layoffs hit Amazon Fresh, Kroger, UNFI and other food companies

Freight Waves

UNFI) plans to close a distribution center in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania, eliminating 716 jobs, according to a WARN notice. The closure of the UNFI warehouse is the result of a split with client Key Food Stores Co-op Inc., United Natural Foods Inc. Wholesale distributor United Natural Foods Inc. Canada and Mexico. Del Monte Foods Inc.

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A Decade of Loadsmart: A Look Back to Move Forward with Felipe Capella

The Logistics of Logistics

About Felipe Capella Felipe Capella Co-founder and CEO of Loadsmart , a leading digital freight technology company. Felipe holds Master degrees from the University of Pennsylvania (valedictorian), from Universidad Francisco de Vitoria (Spain – full scholarship) and an MBA from Fundacao Getulio Vargas (Brazil).

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The Returns War

Cathy Roberson

The cost includes, but is not necessarily limited to, paying the vendors/manufacturers for the inventory and transportation and warehousing costs prior to selling the goods. The longer inventory sits in a warehouse or in a physical store, the cost remains on the retailer/manufacturing financial books as a credit.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 29 – May 3, 2019)

Talking Logistics

Moving on, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Amazon’s Freight Push Rattles Logistics Sector (WSJ – sub. req’d) Amazon dismisses idea automation will eliminate all its warehouse jobs soon (Reuters). Amazon the Freight Broker. The common denominator is technology.

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Warehousing News Roundup: April 8, 2019

Stord

Rail freight volumes continued to fall at the end of March alongside service outages due to flooding in the Midwest. True Value is investing $150 million in upgrades to its supply chain that will cover a new distribution center in Pennsylvania, ordering software, and more.

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National Logistics Day™ 2022

Enterra Insights

Further, logistics, also known as distribution, is responsible for the materials-handling, order-placing, warehousing-management, carrier selection, product or service delivery, and product and service recovery.” In fact, trucking, rail and ocean freight have been tracked by satellite through telematics for decades. ”[6].